There is a common misconception that older adults are alike. This stereotype couldn’t be further from the truth.


A recent Gallup poll found that 7% of American adults identify as LGBTQ, the highest number of LGBTQ residents in the US since Gallup began. Other studies show that 22% of people 65 and older reported having a disability, and yet another study found that by 2030, the population of older racial/ethnic minority populations will increase by 89%, compared to 39% increase of white older adults (ACL/AoA, 2018). 


This workshop will review in depth intersecting minority identities among older adults (focusing primarily on race, disability, social class, and LGTBQ+ identities) and will encourage participants to explore their own biases and assumptions. A model will be shared for deepening interpersonal cultural humility and vignettes will be used to apply knowledge.

About the Course

There is a common misconception that older adults are alike. This stereotype couldn’t be further from the truth. A recent Gallup poll found that 7% of American adults identify as LGBTQ, the highest number of LGBTQ residents in the US since Gallup began. Other studies show that 22% of people 65 and older reported having a disability, and yet another study found that by 2030, the population of older racial/ethnic minority populations will increase by 89%, compared to 39% increase of white older adults (ACL/AoA, 2018). This workshop will review in depth intersecting minority identities among older adults (focusing primarily on race, disability, social class, and LGTBQ+ identities) and will encourage participants to explore their own biases and assumptions.A model will be shared for deepening interpersonal cultural humility and vignettes will be used to apply knowledge.

After attending this beginning-level program in full, participants will be able to:

  • Illustrate intersecting minority identities among older adults (focusing primarily on race, disability, social class, and LGTBQ+ identities).
  • Identify at least 3 strategies for being an ally to transgender older adults.
  • Summarize mental health disparities related to African American older adults.
  • Describe the important role of resilience factors among minority older adults.
  • Define Cultural Humility and intersecting identities (44min)
  • Ageism & Ableism (50min)
  • Discuss age as a diversity variable and impact of ageism
  • Define ableism and discuss the social constructionist theory related to ableism
  • Briefly discuss dementia and ableism
  • LGTBQ Older Adults- discuss risk and resilience factors (42min)
  • How to be an ally to transgender older adults
  • Deepening a practice of cultural humility in working with Af Am Older Adults (42min)
  • Recording Date: 3/21/22

    3 Continuing Education (CE) Credit/3 CMC Contact Hours.

    Regina Koepp, PsyD, ABPP

    Dr. Regina Koepp is a board certified clinical psychologist, clinical geropsychologist, founder of the Center for Mental Health & Aging, and Vice Chair of the Georgia Psychological Association Ethics Committee.

    Prior to founding the Center for Mental Health & Aging, Dr. Koepp was an assistant professor at Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and former staff psychologist at the Atlanta VA Health Care System, where she provided direct patient care and consultation on the Geropsychiatry Outpatient Mental Health team for more than a decade.

    Dr. Koepp is dedicated to providing multiculturally informed and humble care. She served as a founding member of the Diversity Education Committee for Psychology Training at the Atlanta VAHCS, where she developed and facilitated a multicultural seminar series for several years and served as Chair from 2016-2018. In 2017, she formed the Atlanta VAHCS Mental Health Service Line Multidisciplinary Diversity Education Committee. At Emory University School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, she served on the Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee (DISC), and currently serves on on the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee of the Georgia Gerontology Society. Dr. Koepp frequently provides trainings on deepening a practice of multicultural humility to mental health, medical, and community-based providers.

    Dr. Koepp earned her doctorate at the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Emory University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences where she won the Richard W. Morrell Community Commitment Award.

    Financial: Regina Koepp, PsyD, ABPP is founder and owner of the Center for Mental Health & Aging (CMHA) and Co-Director of the CMHA CE Training Program. She has a private practice in Atlanta, GA.

    Non-financial: Regina Koepp is a member of GPA, GGS, GSA, APA, and is vice-chair of the Ethics Committee of the Georgia Psychological Association (GPA).

    The CMHA CE Training Advisory Committee independently reviews Dr. Koepp’s CE presentations to ensure that Dr. Koepp’s presentations meet the CE program requirements.

    There is no known commercial support or conflict of interest for Center for Mental Health & Aging.

    There is no known commercial support or conflict of interest for this CE program, content, or sponsor.

    About the presenter

    Regina Koepp, PsyD, ABPP


    Dr. Regina Koepp is a board certified clinical psychologist, clinical geropsychologist, founder of the Center for Mental Health & Aging, and Vice Chair of the Georgia Psychological Association Ethics Committee.


    Prior to founding the Center for Mental Health & Aging, Dr. Koepp was an assistant professor at Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and former staff psychologist at the Atlanta VA Health Care System, where she provided direct patient care and consultation on the Geropsychiatry Outpatient Mental Health team for more than a decade.


    Dr. Koepp is dedicated to providing multiculturally informed and humble care. She served as a founding member of the Diversity Education Committee for Psychology Training at the Atlanta VAHCS, where she developed and facilitated a multicultural seminar series for several years and served as Chair from 2016-2018. In 2017, she formed the Atlanta VAHCS Mental Health Service Line Multidisciplinary Diversity Education Committee. At Emory University School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, she served on the Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee (DISC), and currently serves on on the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee of the Georgia Gerontology Society. Dr. Koepp frequently provides trainings on deepening a practice of multicultural humility to mental health, medical, and community-based providers.


    Dr. Koepp earned her doctorate at the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Emory University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences where she won the Richard W. Morrell Community Commitment Award.

    How It Works

    Participants will have their participation registered through Center for Mental Health & Aging. This program is available for six (6) continuing education (CE) credits after the following steps have been successfully completed:

     

    Step 1: Register & mark your calendar with Zoom link emailed to you directly following registration

    Step 2: Attend 100% of the LIVE course. Attendance is tracked via Zoom after each break- Attendance is required for CEs

    Step 3: Complete the Course Program Evaluation

    Step 4: Complete Attestation

    Step 5: Download Your Certificate

     

    Certificates of completion will be emailed immediately following submission of electronic survey and also available for download in the course platform. It's that simple!

    Example Curriculum

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    I'm so glad you're here!


    I'm Dr. Regina Koepp. I'm a Stanford-trained, board certified clinical psychologist, and founder of the Center for Mental Health & Aging. For close to 20 years, I’ve worked with older adults and their families in some of the largest healthcare systems in the nation, like Stanford, Emory, and the Veterans Health Administration.

    I’ve experienced first hand the difficulty of helping older adults and caregivers find mental health providers trained to help them. In fact, 67% of older adults with mental health concerns DO NOT get the mental health care they need, resulting in worse medical problems, higher health care costs, family strain, and needless suffering.

    This has inspired my mission of ensuring that you, and all mental health and senior care professionals, have the tools you need to treat the mental health needs of older adults in your care.

    It's only with your help that we can meet the mental health needs of older adults and caregivers. So, thank you for being here and doing your part!

    Continuing Education Approvals



    Social Workers

    Center for Mental Health & Aging, #1801, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Center for Mental Health & Aging maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/25/2022 – 03/25/2023. Social workers completing this course receive 6 continuing education credits.


    Psychologists

    Center for Mental Health & Aging is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Center for Mental Health & Aging maintains responsibility for this program and its content.


    Counselors

    Center for Mental Health and Aging (CMHA) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7230. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Center for Mental Health and Aging (CMHA) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 


    Care Managers

    CMHA is approved by the National Academy of Certified Care Managers (NACCM) as a continuing education provider, #21-905CMHA. This activity approved for 6 CMC contact hours


    Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs)

    Center for Mental Health & Aging is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. In many state licensing jurisdictions, APA approved continuing education programs qualify for LMFT CE credits. See what your state requires here.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Yes! Once you purchase this course, you'll instantly get access.

    Following purchase, you'll receive an email from "Dr. Regina Koepp- Center for Mental Health & Aging" with your receipt and another email with links to your courses (don't forget to check your spam folder).

    You can always log in to your account and access all of your courses this way as well.

    Participants will have their participation registered through the Center for Mental Health & Aging. To earn continuing education (CE) credits you must complete the following steps for on demand/pre-recorded courses::

    Step 1: Attend 100% of the course. Attendance is tracked via the online platform.
    Step 2: Successfully pass the course post-test (for pre-recorded courses only; You have a total of 3 attempts to pass the post-test).
    Step 3: Complete the Course Program Evaluation & Attestation
    Step 4: Download Your Certificate

    Certificates of completion will be emailed immediately following submission of electronic survey and also available for download in the course platform. It's that simple!

    Center for Mental Health & Aging is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in continuing education activities and will conduct all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. If participants have special needs, reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate them. Please contact [email protected] with questions, concerns or to request special accommodations.

    CMHA will respond to grievances in a reasonable, ethical, and timely manner. Grievances may be submitted by course participants in writing to [email protected]. CMHA’s complete Grievance Procedure will be provided upon request. You may request Grievance Procedure by emailing [email protected].

    The following system requirements help to reduce tech problems:

  • Operating Systems: Windows XP or higher, MacOS 9 or higher, Android 4.0 or higher.
  • Internet Browser: Internet Explorer 9.0 or higher, Google Chrome, Firefox 10.0 or higher.
  • Broadband Internet connection: Cable, High-speed DSL & any other medium that is internet accessible.
  • Webinar software: Zoom is used to deliver live, synchronous programs.
  • ALL LIVE workshop refunds will be honored for cancellations if received within 30 days of purchase AND at least one (1) day prior to the date of a live webinar or live workshop. All on demand/pre-recorded courses are backed by a 7-day money back guarantee. Please note that payments made via Credit Card have certain fees associated with them, some of which are non-recoupable and are therefore non-refundable by Center for Mental Health & Aging. Therefore, payments made by Credit Card will have a three percent (3%) credit card fee deducted from the refund. Should you have any questions regarding our refund policies, please contact [email protected].

    For additional questions email [email protected].

    Registrant is responsible for ensuring that CE credits meet the criteria for their own jurisdiction requirements.

    Content and materials in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession’s standards.